BRONCO TENNIS DOWNS MONTANA STATE, 6-1BOISE, Idaho ? The No. 26 ranked Boise State men's tennis team completed a sweep of its weekend duals and improved the Broncos' overall record to 9-6 with a decisive 6-1 win over Montana State, Saturday evening, at the Appleton Tennis Center. The Bro

BOISE, IdahoThe No. 26 ranked BoiseState men’s tennis team completed a sweep of its weekend duals and improved the Broncos’ overall record to 9-6 with a decisive 6-1 win over MontanaState, Saturday evening, at the AppletonTennisCenter. The Broncos took control of the dual by winning the doubles point, before cruising with five singles wins to close the deal.

Kean Feeder and James Meredith earned the first doubles victory of the dual with an 8-1 win over MSU’s Jakub Dybala and Pawel Turzanski. In the No. 2 match, BoiseState’s Stanley Sarapanich and Clancy Shields took care of Corey Smith and Alberto Fuentes, 8-1, securing the doubles point for the Broncos. MSU did win the No. 3 doubles match when Fletcher Keys and Myles Perkins defeated BoiseState’s Nick Gourley and Erik Sheldon, 8-5.

In singles, No. 70 ranked Meredith captured the first win of the day for the Broncos by defeating Dybala, 6-4, 2-2 (injury default). His win was closely followed by Shield’s (No. 26 ranked) win at No. 1 against Smith, 6-3, 6-0, giving Boise State a 3-0 lead in the dual. Freddy Walsh secured the Bronco victory at No. 6, knocking off Esteban Ferrero, 6-1, 6-0.

BoiseState also earned wins at No. 3 and No. 5. In the No. 3 match, Cristian Hodel defeated Turzanski, 6-1, 6-4. Erik Sheldon gave BoiseState its final win of the day beating Fuentes, 6-1, 6-0.

Boise State’s only loss in the dual came in the No. 4 singles match, where Keyes defeated Sarapanich, 2-6, 6-4, 10-3.

BoiseState will now turn its attention to the Blue Gray Intercollegiate tournament, which will be held in Montgomery, Ala. March 19-22.